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Tickets On Sale For 2013 Green Plus Benefit Brunch & Sustainable Enterprise Awards

Tickets On Sale For 2013 Green Plus Benefit Brunch & Sustainable Enterprise Awards

 This year’s Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Awards will take place Sunday, June 2, at the first Certified Green Plus business — Mez Contemporary Mexican Restaurant in Durham, NC. In addition to the 11am brunch, the Institute for Sustainable Development will recognize small and medium-sized employers from around the country for …

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Video: Chris Carmody On How Green Supply Chains Are Transforming Business

Video: Chris Carmody On How Green Supply Chains Are Transforming Business

Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) Executive Director Chris Carmody interviewed here on how green supply chain requirements are transforming global business. Carmody discusses the Environmental Help Desk for Business, a portal that helps large companies connect with and educate suppliers and assists small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) navigate green supply chain …

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ISD Announces Burt’s Bees + Green Plus Food System Consortium in Durham

ISD Announces Burt’s Bees + Green Plus Food System Consortium in Durham

NC Research Triangle-based Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) is teaming up with the Burt’s Bees Greater Good Foundation to create the Green Plus Durham Food System Consortium (DFSC). The Consortium of local, food-centric businesses and  nonprofits will share best practices and collaborate to strengthen the area’s food system and help …

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BCLC Situation Report: Oklahoma Tornadoes

BCLC Situation Report: Oklahoma Tornadoes

The Situation Report is a service of BCLC’s National Disaster Help Desk for Business, made possible by the Office Depot Foundation. The Help Desk is available for impacted businesses that need assistance understanding the recovery resources available to them, as well as to companies that want to learn the best way …

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ISD Announces 2013 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Winners

ISD Announces 2013 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Winners

We’re announcing one of the 2013 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Award winners each week day until our Sunday, June 2nd Green Plus Benefit Brunch hosted by the amazing Chapel Hill Restaurant Group at Mez. All of the 2013 Award winners will be recognized at the June 2nd Benefit Brunch. Click …

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We Welcome Cocoa Cinnamon to the Burt’s Bees Green Plus Durham Food Initiative

We Welcome Cocoa Cinnamon to the Burt’s Bees Green Plus Durham Food Initiative

Though  it will be dangerous for our waistlines, we are excited to welcome Cocoa Cinnamon to the Burt’s Bees / Green Plus Food System Consortium in Durham. Foodtrepreneurs Areli Barrera de Grodski and Leon Grodski de Barrera have brought their delicious vision of high quality coffee, chocolate, tea, and wine to the northern …

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Forget rooftops, Solar Roadways installs solar panels under highways and roads

Forget rooftops, Solar Roadways installs solar panels under highways and roads

According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, there are more than 4 million miles of highways and streets across the United States.  Solar Roadways is using those highway miles to its advantage by introducing the first prototype in the United States of a solar panel that can be installed beneath …

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New Report Highlights Local Chambers of Commerce As Clean Energy Change Agents

New Report Highlights Local Chambers of Commerce As Clean Energy Change Agents

(May 15, 2013) While clean energy progress remains slow at the national level, local chambers of commerce are taking the reins in their local communities to drive economic development around clean energy, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today by Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy. With ten in-depth case …

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Supply Chain Information: (Electronic) Information

Supply Chain Information: (Electronic) Information

Sector Name: (Electronic) Information SIC code: 51 Major Players Software Microsoft IBM Oracle SAP Ericsson Hewlett Packard Internet Publishers Interactive Corp IAC Glam Media, Answers Network Daily Motion Network Federated Media Network AOL Broadcasting Television NBC CBS ABC FOX Radio Clear Channel Communications Cox Radio, Entercom Communications, Sirius XM Telecommunication Verizon …

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Wilmington’s Green Airport

Wilmington’s Green Airport

When you think of Wilmington, the city’s vibrant film industry and its charming downtown’s proximity to the ocean may come to mind. Wilmington also has a delicious and sustainable local food scene, and now one of the latest Certified Green Plus employers: the very sustainable Wilmington International Airport (ILM). Below …

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Environmental Innovation Map 2.0 Launched!

Environmental Innovation Map 2.0 Launched!

“Last year, at the July 18 Role of Business in Environmental Innovation Working Meeting, BCLC and Shell gave a preview of the Environmental Innovation Map. At the time, the map displayed only 25 projects, and the projects were deemed innovative based on a case-by-case evaluation. Over the past year, with the help of …

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Industrial Agriculture is in a global crisis

Industrial Agriculture is in a global crisis

NEEM is also an organization in Durham that replicates the Cuban model in Agroecological approaches to sustainable agriculture. Organoponico NEEM is a cooperative 11.2 acre farm run by NEEM that provides sustainable economies (jobs), infrastructure and fresh organic food at below conventional market prices to low income minority neighborhoods. NEEM …

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